surrounded by gushing floodwaters. a rescue crew used a ladder to get to the car to pull the woman through the sunroof and then lift her to safety. >>> and in south carolina, a nervous dad gave his little girl the surprise of a lifetime. just back from a five-month extended tour in the middle east, master sergeant waited in the school hallway until a very surprised 8-year-old turned the corner and sprung into her dad's arms, crying, but of course, happy to once again be daddy's little girl. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's your nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. bill, good morning. >> good morning, lynn. she turned that tough guy into a nervous wreck. >> and all of us. i mean, you watch those -- i mean, we've seen them before, but it's such a powerful moment when you see that. >> we love it. let's talk about what we also love, the end of the heat in some areas. now, much of the country has been an incredibly hot summer. the exception was on the west coast, and that, fortunately, you still remain cool. what has changed is tha

corporations, lobbyists, or anything. it has to do with us. last year i had a chance to go to iraq. i have been there three times and afghanistan twice. i met with a group of people they voted in iraq for the very first time. they stood in line risking their lives for the right to vote in the election. you know what? if the people of orange beach and gulf shores had to stand in the three-mile long bond to vote, it would not be 24%, it might not even before%. -- the 4%. no one controls your government when the american people take their government back. the best way to do that is to be active. i would give anything -- let's take this coming election, november 2, drive around the streets of orange beach. see how many people have a yard sign in their yard. have a bumper sticker on their car. wear a button to the grocery store. that with all due respect is the best way to keep america on the track we want it to go on. it is not just to say to limit this -- and i agree with you. we need to limit outside influence especially if it is not being reported. but the better ways to make sure that the

country. they're using e congress to do it. some of the congressmen are just comreshlgs they're ignorant. the other ones are totally liars. this is what's going on in our country. they're trying to steal it. >> devlin barrett, he talks abou bankers. specific charge on congresswoman wate is about that bank in california where her husband owned stock, correct? >> right. the issue there is that she's accused of using her position to help get financial aid, get government aid, millions of dollars for a bank that her husband had a significant stock holding in. she will -- her contention is that all she was ever doing was trying not to help a specific bank but to help a group of minority and women-owned banks that were not getting the attention they deserved from the federal government in the midst of the financial crisis and the financial meltdown. you know, as you showed earlier, she went through a whole power point presentation and she has some e-mail evidence to back that up. but at the same time, people say, well, why would you spend so much time on a project that ended up gettin

, any idea yet how it's going to turn out. but the most important issue for us is trying to get our six-party friends led by china to work with us to try to convince who's ever in leadership in north korea that their future would be far better served by denuclearizing, and that remains our goal. >> as always, thank you so much. [laughter] for coming here, first of all, but also giving such a thorough and complete and comprehensive talk about american foreign policy. and i know i speak for everyone that we wish you godspeed and more in your work next week and >> on c-span tonight, president obama talks about the economy during a visit to the ohio. jo bonner holds a town hall meeting in his district. the democratic national committee holds a -- an event in philadelphia. former gov. george pataki focuses on health care. >> at long last, the united states of america joins every other nation in the world to say that health care is a right, not a privilege. >> we have been covering town hall meetings. what's them on line at the c- span a video library. they are searchable and free on your com